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  1. Marc-Antoine

    Australian skyscrapers in the SoCal desert.

    Beside old age where the tree tends to decline, I'd say that comes from a drift between bearable climate conditions ( I wouldn't call that "good conditions' in the desert!) to a real problematic environment. The tree finds harder to supply the usually fast growing part of his crown ( but more...
  2. Marc-Antoine

    Australian skyscrapers in the SoCal desert.

    :O Carrying them in the forest should have been a nightmare
  3. Marc-Antoine

    Australian skyscrapers in the SoCal desert.

    The downside : If the cut(s) is a bit off, that reduces quickly the intact wood left for the hinge. Also, you can tend easily to almost nothing if the sapwood is punky for example. As a faller goes, I'm near a rookie, so I prefer to bore the center from the face, like the central third, or from...
  4. Marc-Antoine

    Australian skyscrapers in the SoCal desert.

    As souple as I am, I'd have 10 times the length of the tree if I use your trick. A while ago, I had the 45° angle just by tilting my head all the way back and looking straight forward ( eyes in relaxed mode, not so easy to do). No sticks or clinometer needed. But now, with the aging of my neck...
  5. Marc-Antoine

    Australian skyscrapers in the SoCal desert.

    By the regen, I understand it more like the babys for the new generation than the sprouts on the old wood.
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